Carbon Emissions
International Development
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department took to reduce its carbon emissions in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID has carried out a large number of measures to significantly reduce its Carbon emissions over the last three years. Examples of these are as follows:
(a) 2010:
a. Installation of Voltage optimisation equipment in each of our UK offices, to reduce our electricity consumption;
b. Installation of a Green Roof in our East Kilbride office;
c. Installation of energy-efficient lighting in our London office;
d. Improving energy efficiency by reducing the amount of occupied space in our London office and subletting.
(b) 2011:
a. Reduction in the hours of operation of heating plant in both our UK offices;
b. Reconfiguration of lighting systems to reduce the time which sensor-operated lights remain on;
c. Staff awareness campaign to switch off unnecessary items, etc.;
d. Encouraging and increasing use of rail travel over air travel between our two UK offices.
(c) 2012:
a. Reduction in operation of cooling plant in our London office;
b. Reductions in number of printers in both our UK offices;
c. Reducing the number of IT servers in both of our UK offices.
